{"id":29344,"date":"2026-02-10T22:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/?page_id=29344"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:24:05","slug":"water-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/water-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29344\" class=\"elementor elementor-29344\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-4a5599d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a5599d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40daa92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"40daa92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Water Activity Testing<\/h2><p>Water activity (Aw) testing measures the availability of water for microbial growth and chemical reactions. Essential for shelf-life prediction and safety assurance of food products.<\/p><h3>Water Activity Analysis<\/h3><ul><li>Precise Aw measurement (0.01 Aw unit accuracy)<\/li><li>Determination of microbial growth potential<\/li><li>Shelf-life prediction<\/li><li>Moisture interaction assessment<\/li><li>Stability under various conditions<\/li><\/ul><h3>Why Water Activity Matters<\/h3><ul><li>Microbial growth control without preservatives<\/li><li>Chemical reaction prevention<\/li><li>Enzyme activity inhibition<\/li><li>Long-term shelf-life assurance<\/li><li>Product quality maintenance<\/li><\/ul><h3>Safe Aw Ranges<\/h3><ul><li>Most bacteria: Aw &gt; 0.86<\/li><li>Most molds: Aw &gt; 0.70<\/li><li>Osmophilic yeasts: Aw &gt; 0.60<\/li><li>Stable products: Aw &lt; 0.60<\/li><\/ul><h3>Testing Applications<\/h3><ul><li>Dried food products<\/li><li>Shelf-stable foods<\/li><li>Cannabis and hemp products<\/li><li>Extracts and concentrates<\/li><li>Long-term storage stability prediction<\/li><\/ul><h3>Testing Methods<\/h3><ul><li>Chilled mirror dew point sensors<\/li><li>Humidity-based instruments<\/li><li>Temperature-controlled chambers<\/li><li>Rapid measurement capability<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Activity Testing Water activity (Aw) testing measures the availability of water for microbial growth and chemical reactions. Essential for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29344"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29545,"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29344\/revisions\/29545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlandlabmn.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}